Public Sector Ethics: Theory and Applications

This book is a guide to public sector ethics covering the major obstacles and stigmas within the field. For example, the ethics and rules of behavior will differ greatly in an elementary classroom versus a public library or a sanitation route or a battlefield. The book offers macro and local level ripped-from-the-headline style examples spanning areas such as whistle-blowing, public official scandal and resignation, even the age old stigma “are government employees lazy?”

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: In Search of a Paradigm
Chapter 2: Ethical Grounding: Philosophical Perspectives
Chapter 3: Ethical Grounding: Religious Perspectives
Chapter 4: Mission, Ethical Dilemmas, and Role of Culture in Organizations
Chapter 5: Personally Confronting Mission Dissonance: Exit and Voice
Chapter 6: Exemplars of Public Service
Chapter 7: Conclusions